Lydia Egli

Notes:

Obit:
Miller, Lydia, daughter of Joseph and Barbara (Sutter) Egli, was born at Minier, Ill., Aug. 1, 1876; died at Middlebury, Ind., Aug. 9, 1961; aged 85 y. 8 d. On May 26, 1895, she was married to Edwin D. Miller, who died in 1950. One son also preceded her in death. Surviving are 8 sons and 5 daughters (Clarence and Roy, Valparaiso, Ind.; Edwin, Elkhart; Harley and Alvin, Middlebury; Elmer, Ora, and Ralph, Goshen; Elsie-Mrs. William Nelson, and Emma-Mrs. Jake Birky, Valparaiso; Sadie-Mrs. Harold Yoder, Syracuse, Ind.; Verna-Mrs. John Bickel, Goshen; and Leola-Mrs. John Plank, Leesburg), 3 grandchildren that were raised in the Miller home ) Kathryn-Mrs. Kenneth Conrick, Vallparaiso; Evelyn-Mrs. Paul Mishler, Shipshewana; and Loleta-Mrs. Merritt Hostetler, Topeka, Ind.), 54 grandchildren, 52 great-grandchildren, and 3 sisters (Lena-Mrs. Emma Fleener, Lowell, Ind.; and Mrs. Lovina Grieser, Hartstown, Pa.). She was a member of the Forks Church, where funeral services were held Aug. 12, in charge of Donald E. Yoder and Malvin P. Miller.

Lydia married Edwin D. Miller on 26 May 1895. Edwin died in 1950. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Religion: Mennonite
• Residence: 1909, Manson, Calhoun Co., IA

Notes:

Obit: Gospel Herald Vol VIII, No 32 4 November 1915
Egli. - Joseph Egli was born in Huron Co., Canada, Feb 2 1852; died Oct 10, 1915 at his home in Manson, Ia; aged 63 y. 9 m. 10 d. He united with the Mennonite Church at the age of eighteen; was ordained to the ministry in 1891, in which capacity he labored faithfully till called to higher service. He was married to Sister Barbara Sutter at Hopedale, Ill., Jan. 29. 1874. To this union were born 1 son and 4 daughters, of whom 1 daughter died in infancy. His companion died April 2, 1885. On Jan 2. 1886, he was married to Sister Mary Birkey of Hopedale, Ill. To this union were born 3 sons and 4 daughters. He leaves his companion, 11 children, 39 grandchildren, 5 brothers, 4 sisters, and a large circle of friends to mourn his departure. He moved to Manson, Iowa, from Hopedale, Ill, 5 years ago. Funeral was held Tuesday, Oct. 12, from the Mennonite Church where often his voice had been heard in earnest, loving effective service. There was an unusually large attendance, the church being filled with friends from all denominations, showing the confidence and esteem in which the brother was held in the community, and the sympathy felt for his bereaved family. Bro. E. J. Berkey of Waynesboro, Va., conducted the services, taking for his text Amos 4:12. Interment was made in Rose Hill Cemetery. Bro. Egli was a friend to all and will be greatly missed in the home, the church and the community.
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Son of John Egli and Magdalena Gascho
His first wife was Barbara Sutter (1851-1885). Joseph and Barbara married in 1874 and had 5 children, Christian Benjamin 1874, Lydia 1876, Magdalena 1880, Emma 1882 and a daughter who died in infancy. 

Joseph then married Mary Birky and they had 8 children, Mollie 1886, Katherine 1889, Barbara 1890, Abner 1893, Daniel H. 1895, Joel 1897, Lavina 1900 and a son who died as an infant.

Birth:
2 Feb 1852 according to FAG

Residence:
For health reasons

Buried:
Rose Hill Cemetery

Joseph married Barbara Sutter on 29 Jan 1874 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL. Barbara (daughter of Christian Sutter and Magdalena Nafziger) was born on 31 Aug 1851 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; died on 12 Apr 1885 in Minier, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Barbara Sutter (1851-1885). Joseph and Barbara married in 1874 and had 5 children, Christian Benjamin 1874, Lydia 1876, Magdalena 1880, Emma 1882 and a daughter who died in infancy. Barbara died in 1885 and was buried in the Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery in Tazewell County, Illinois.

Daughter Lydia (1876-1961) married Edwin D. Miller.

Buried:
Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery

Notes:

Obit: Herald of Truth, December 1907:
"On Dec. 11, 1907, near Hopedale, Ill., Pre. John Egli, after an illness of two weeks with stomach trouble; aged 86 Y., 5 M., 24 D. He is survived by 10 children, 76 grandchildren and 39 great-grandchildren. He was a minister in the Amish Mennonite church for 46 years. He was a faithful laborer in the Lord's vineyard and was ready and willing to go when the Lord called him home. Funeral was held Dec. 13 by J. E. Birky at the home, P. Sommer, S. Garber and P. D. Schertz at the A. M. church near Hopedale, Ill."
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John's family moved to Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France in 1823 and then he came to New York City from Le Havre, France in 1847 with his brothers Jacob and Benjamin and settled in Oxford County, Ontario, Canada. He then married Magdalena Gascho on February 10, 1850 and they started their family in East Zorra Township, where they attended the Blake Amish Mennonite Church. They moved to Tazewell County, Illinois in 1867, where he was a preacher at the Hopedale Amish Mennonite Church until he died in 1907, except when they went to Offerle in Edward County, Kansas from 1886-1888.

Buried:
Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery

John married Magdalena Gascho on 10 Feb 1850. Magdalena (daughter of Joseph Gascho and Magdalena Ingold) was born on 24 Jun 1826 in Probfeld, Bavaria, GR; died on 8 Apr 1902 in Minier, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Magdalena was born in the hamlet of Probfeld and immigrated to Quebec with her sister Anna about 1849 before the rest of her family arrived on the ship "Neptune" in 1851. Lorraine Roth says they came with their Aunt Katharina and her husband Christian Schantz. They both were married in 1850 with Magdalena marrying John Egli in the Hay Amish Mennonite Church on February 10. She bore him 12 children and they moved to Tazewell County, Illinois in 1867, where they joined the Hopedale Amish Mennonite Church.

Birth:
Ingolstadt

Buried:
Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• MILF: Y
• Occupation: Farmer
• Religion: Amish Mennonite
• Immigration: 1848
• Census: 1860, Hittle Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Obit:
SUTTER. - On May 11, 1899, Christian Sutter, aged 76 years and 20 days. He leaves a widow, two children, twenty-seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was one of the first Amish Mennonites to settle in this neighborhood, and he could see how the small membership grow to a large congregation, and how many a one, who came after him, was called away before him. He was married twice. With his first wife, Magdalena Nafziger, he lived in matrimony twenty-one years; with his second wife, Barbara Augsburger, twenty-six years. He was a member of the Amish Mennonite Church since his youth, and died in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., Ill., trusting in the mercy of the Lord. Buried on the 14th. Funeral services by Samuel Gerber and J. C. Birky. C.
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Christian's barn was used for the 1875 Amish ministers conference. It has been dismantled and rebuilt at the site of the Illinois Mennonite Historical and Genealogical Society Heritage Center in Metamora. An old Amish saying of his time was “A good barn will pay for a good house, but a good house will not pay for a good barn.”
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The restored barn

Birth:
Forsthof in Dittenfeld, royal court district of Neuburg in Schwaben-Neuburg

Census:
Farmer Christian Suter, 57, Bavaria; Barbara, 50, Bavaria; Annie Augsberger, 17, stepdaughter born in Illinois; Daniel, 13, stepson born in Illinois; and Fannie, 10, stepdaughter born in Illinois.

Buried:
Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery with first wife

Christian married Magdalena Nafziger on 17 Mar 1850 in Tremont, Tazewell Co., IL. Magdalena (daughter of Christian Nafziger and Veronica Burkey) was born in 1819 in GR; died on 25 May 1871 in Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery

Notes:

Married:
By Bishop Andrew Ropp

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer in Bavaria
• Residence: 1851, Probfeld, Bavaria, GR

Notes:

Joseph and Magdalena initially settled at Probfeld in the Donaumoos or Danube Marsh. The family's passport was annulled by the Bavarian government Feb. 19, 1851 because their son Joseph had a military obligation. Medical certificates dated March 20, 1851 and March 31, 1851 declared him fit for service. He was prohibited from emigrating by a court order. The family departed without him. They probably took a coach to Donauworth, then a new rail line from there through Leipzig to Hamburg. We could not identify a passenger list or a date for their arrival in North America, though we found a note that the ship they sailed on was the Neptune. They initially settled at East Zorra, Ontario. 277 Note that they were in the area at the same time as Joseph's cousin Christian Gascho, who had moved up from Pennsylvania to Wilmot in 1848. Joseph and Magdalena later resettled at Zurich, Hay Township, Huron County, Ontario. On the 1881 census of Hay German Mennonite Joseph Gascho, 85, and Lanah, 77, are found in the household of their son John. Herald of Truth, March 1882: "On the 17th of Jan., in Hay, Huron Co., Ont., Joseph Gascho, aged 89 years. He left an aged companion, and four children with large families. He was for many years a faithful member of the Amish Menn. church and an early settler of the township when the surrounding country was yet a wilderness."

Birth:
16 May 1792?

Died:
Obit says he was 89 years.

Buried:
Lakeview Conservative Mennonite Cemetery

Joseph married Magdalena Ingold in Jan 1824 in Arzbach, Bavaria, GR. Magdalena (daughter of Jakob Ingold and Elisabeth Bachman (Baumann)) was born on 1 Nov 1803 in Annweiler, Palatinate, GR; died on 21 Feb 1891 in Zurich, Hay Co., Ontario, Canada; was buried in Blake, Huron Co., Ontario, CA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Obit: Herald of Truth, March 1891: "On the 21st of Feb., 1891,
in Huron Co., Ont., Lena Gascho, aged about 92 years. In the morning she was as well as usual but before night she was a corpse. She was one of the first settlers in this neighborhood and was a member of the Amish Mennonite church. Services by J. Bender and J. Gasho, from John 5: 24 - 30, and Mark 13: 33 - 37."


Children: Anna, Magdalena, Barbara, Marie, John, Andrew.

Birth:
Lindenbrunnerhof

Buried:
Lakeview Conservative Mennonite Cemetery

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Estate manager/Minister/farmer - Bauer in Dittenfeld
• Religion: Amish
• Residence: 1825-27, Probfeld, Bavaria, GR
• Ordained: 19 May 1824, Bavaria, GR
• Immigration: 11 Nov 1851, New York, NY
• Census: 1860, Morton Twp., Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Birth:
One history has the year 1795. Source #360 gives birthplace as Münchweiler (probably Münchweiler an der Rodalbe.

Residence:
John and Barbara were born there

Immigration:
From Le Havre. After 36 day voyage on the Samuel L. Fox (left Le Havre about 5 Oct 1851).
https://www.immigrantships.net/v3/1800v3/samuelmfox18511111_01.html

Census:
pg. 149 farmer John Sutter, 65, Germany; Barbara, 61; Andrew, 19; Andrew Buky [son-in-law Andrew Birkey], 29; Fanny [Veronica], 22; and Barbara, 1, born in Illinois.

Buried:
Birky-Landes Mennonite Cemetery - Grave #36 on printed plot map, or Plot #2 on the 8/12/2013 version.

Johannes married Barbara Oesch on 31 Oct 1819 in Hanfeld, Bavaria, GR. Barbara (daughter of Christian N. Oesch and Katharina Burki) was born on 24 Jun 1799 in Saarbuckenheim, Alsace, FR; died on 10 Sep 1884 in Morton, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Religion: Amish Mennonite

Notes:

Birth:
(Sarre-Union) Day could be read Jun 23 or 27 just as well.

Buried:
Landes Cemetery - Grave #10 on printed plot map dated 8/12/2013.

Notes:

Married:
Near Lake Starnberg, below Munich. They were first cousins.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1839, Unterweilbach, Bavaria, GR
• Immigration: Abt 1848
• Census: 1860, Hittle, Tazewell Co., IL

Notes:

Birth:
According to gravestone year is 1792

Residence:
Christian served as an overseer for the estate of a Count von Sprety.

Census:
Farmer Christian Suter, 57, Bavaria; Barbara, 50, Bavaria; Annie Augsberger, 17, stepdaughter born in Illinois; Daniel, 13, stepson born in Illinois; and Fannie, 10, stepdaughter born in Illinois.

Buried:
Hopedale Mennonite Cemetery (hers was the first burial)

Christian married Veronica BurkeyBavaria, GR?. Veronica (daughter of Christian Birki (Bircki) and Barbe Koch) was born on 4 Oct 1796 in Bitche, Moselle, FR; died in 1855 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in 1855 in Hopedale, Tazewell Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
First: the birth entry of Veronica Burcky, who came to Hopedale, Tazewell County with her husband Christian Nafziger. Created at Bitche 15 Brumaire V - Oct. 4, 1796 (we had circa 1797). Today 13 Brumaire V at 1 p.m. came before me Jean Jacques Hetzel, municipal agent of the communty of Bitche to record these acts... the citizen Christel Burcky anabaptist of thla cense de la Rosselle called Freydenberg age 38, witnessed by the citizen Jacques Derquilbet, secretary of the municipality age 35, and citizen Joseph Durner, policeman of the brigade at Bitche age 58, also living here, and declared...ETC ... wife/mother of the child Barbe Koch...daughter Frony. Signature looks like 'Christian Bi.'



Died:
Date from gravestone

Buried:
Veronica's was the first burial in the Hopedale Mennonite Church cemetery.